OBJECT = COLUMN NAME = MET COLUMN_NUMBER = 1 BYTES = 4 DATA_TYPE = MSB_UNSIGNED_INTEGER START_BYTE = 1 DESCRIPTION = "Mission elapsed time, in seconds, corresponding to the start of the accumulation period for the spectra." END_OBJECT = COLUMN OBJECT = COLUMN NAME = ACCUM_TIME COLUMN_NUMBER = 2 BYTES = 4 DATA_TYPE = MSB_UNSIGNED_INTEGER START_BYTE = 5 DESCRIPTION = "Accumulation time, in seconds, of the anti-coincidence shield detector." END_OBJECT = COLUMN OBJECT = COLUMN NAME = MIDPOINT_MET COLUMN_NUMBER = 3 BYTES = 4 DATA_TYPE = MSB_UNSIGNED_INTEGER START_BYTE = 9 DESCRIPTION = "The mission elapsed time at the midpoint of the observation. Defined as: MET at the start of the observation + (ACCUM_TIME / 2)." END_OBJECT = COLUMN OBJECT = COLUMN NAME = ORBIT_NUMBER COLUMN_NUMBER = 4 BYTES = 2 DATA_TYPE = MSB_UNSIGNED_INTEGER START_BYTE = 13 DESCRIPTION = "Orbit number is a unique identifier for a given orbit of the MESSENGER spacecraft around Mercury. Orbit number is defined as starting at apoherm and is calculated using the MET value and the appropriate SPICE kernels. Orbit numbering does not start until MESSENGER performs the Mercury orbit insertion. Until that time the value for orbit number is 0." END_OBJECT = COLUMN OBJECT = COLUMN NAME = START_BIN COLUMN_NUMBER = 5 BYTES = 2 DATA_TYPE = MSB_UNSIGNED_INTEGER START_BYTE = 15 DESCRIPTION = "The bin containing first shield counter (starting from zero). Nominally is zero." END_OBJECT = COLUMN OBJECT = COLUMN NAME = NUMBER_OF_BINS COLUMN_NUMBER = 6 BYTES = 2 DATA_TYPE = MSB_UNSIGNED_INTEGER START_BYTE = 17 DESCRIPTION = "Number of bins in each science packet." END_OBJECT = COLUMN OBJECT = COLUMN NAME = GRS_PRIORITY_LEVEL COLUMN_NUMBER = 7 BYTES = 2 DATA_TYPE = MSB_UNSIGNED_INTEGER START_BYTE = 19 DESCRIPTION = "Indicates the type of priority assigned to the science packet. The priority level is tied to the ApID of the packet. Priority level varies from 0-3, 0 being highest and 3 being lowest priority." END_OBJECT = COLUMN OBJECT = COLUMN NAME = MISSING_DATA_PACKETS COLUMN_NUMBER = 8 BYTES = 2 DATA_TYPE = MSB_UNSIGNED_INTEGER START_BYTE = 21 DESCRIPTION = "The value represents a 16-bit binary number where each bit indicates whether a shield count rate telemetry packet is missing from the EDR. Each GRS_SCR EDR consists of information extracted from 16 telemetry packets in a complete observation. The least significant bit is a flag corresponding to the first of 16 packets and the most significant bit is a flag corresponding to the 16th packet. A bit value of 1 indicates that a given packet is missing from the EDR. For example, a value of 0 in this column indicates that the spectra from all 16 packets have been downloaded and included in the count rate spectra for this EDR. A value of 3 indicates that the count rate information from the first and second packets are missing and therefore channels 0-2047 should be discounted from analysis of the GRS_SCR spectra. A value of three or greater would indicate the EDR contains no valid data, since the count rates are only contained in the first 2000 channels." END_OBJECT = COLUMN OBJECT = COLUMN NAME = BAD_DATA_FLAG COLUMN_NUMBER = 9 BYTES = 2 DATA_TYPE = MSB_UNSIGNED_INTEGER START_BYTE = 23 DESCRIPTION = "Intended for use as a bit-string bad data flag to indicate specific problems associated with the data. Values are expected to be assigned to specific bits as problems are identified during the course of the mission. Currently no values have been assigned and will default to a value of zero." END_OBJECT = COLUMN OBJECT = COLUMN NAME = SHIELD_COUNT_SPECTRA COLUMN_NUMBER = 10 BYTES = 32768 DATA_TYPE = MSB_UNSIGNED_INTEGER START_BYTE = 25 ITEMS = 16384 ITEM_BYTES = 2 DESCRIPTION = "High-time-resolution counter of the total event rate in the shield detector. Counter operates at a 10-ms cadence for the duration of the accumulation period, resulting in a series of measurements that populate the 16384 channel spectra. When fewer than 16384 channels are required, the remainder are set to zero. When more than 16384 channels are required, the last channel represents the sum of all measurements made after the array is filled. For all cases, the first approximately fifty channels are zero due to signal processing deadtime in the GRS electronics. The use of a 16384-channel array is the result of a flight software change to retask a defunct GRS packet into a shield rate counter without changing the format of the packet itself." END_OBJECT = COLUMN